Display and vending apparatus



1924. E. BRUNHOFF DISPLAY AND VENDING APPARATUS Aug. 19

Filed Aug. 17 1922 Patented Aug. 19, 1924.

j UNITED STATES 1,505,853 PATENT OFFICE.

EDWARD CBRUNHOFF, or CINCINNATI, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THE Ba'UN o'rr MA u- FACTURING COMPANY, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO,

A CORPORATION or 01110.

DISPLAY AND VENDING APPARATUS.

Application filed August 17, 1922. Serial No. 582,505.

To alllwhom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD BRUNHoFr, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cincinnati, in the county of Hamilton and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Display and Vending Apparatus, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in display and vending apparatus. One of its objects is to provide improved apparatus to support the original packages upon a counter or similar support in an inclined position for vending purposes. Another object is to provide such apparatus adapted to be detachably applied to a succession of original packages. Another object is to provide such apparatus to be detachably interposed between the mouth of the original packages and their lids, after the lids of the original packages have been removed with provision for a more ready access to the contents of the original package than by removing and replacing its lid. Another object is to provide an improved loop or band and a footor support with a lid hinged thereto to be detachably applied to an original package after its lid has been removed to support an original package in an inclined position suited to displaying its contents, to protect the contents from dust or injury and to afford ready access to said contents. My invention also comprises certain details of form, and relation of component members, all of which will be fully set forth in the description of the accompanying drawings, in which:

Fig. 1, is a central vertical section through an original package in position to vend its contents, with my improvements applied thereto, taken on line 11 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 2 is a front elevation of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3, is a detail of one of the padded ends of the supporting member.

Fig. 4, is a perspective view of one of the original packages before its lid has been removed.

Fig. 5, is a perspective view of my improved apparatus before it is applied to an original package.

The accompanying drawings illustrate the preferred embodiment of my invention in which 15 represents a sheet metal band or loop to be applied to the mouth of an original package 16, as for instance a sheet metal cigar can or boX, after-the lid 17 of the original package has been removed.- The band 15 is preferably applied 'to telescope over the mouth of the original package at and in place of the lid 17. A support or foot 18 is preferably attached rigidly. to

the band 15 and when the band has been-attached toan original package and the package 16 inclined as shown in Fig. 1, the support 18 and the edge 19 of the bottom of the original package serve as supports to firmly retain the original package in an inclined position as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, favorable-to a display or inspection of the goods or contents of the original package through its open mouth by a prospective purchaser. support 18 also affords a prominent space 20 suited to the display of advertising matter calculated to assist in vending the goods.

An annular band 21 having a cylindrical The section 22 and a flaring, bell-shaped or conical section 23 is hinged to the band 15 by means of hinge members 2% and 25 and a hinge axle 26. A metal tongue 27 projects upwardly from the hinge member 25 to provide a finger hold to enable the band 21 to be lifted or turned upon its hinge axle. The cylindrical section 22 of the band 21 is of substantially the same diameter as the mouth of the original package 16 so that the lid 17 which fits snugly and telescopically over the mouth of the original package, when removed from the originalpackage, may be snugly. and telescopicallyfitted over the section 22 of the band'2l to close one end of said band and form, with said band, a readily removable cap to close the mouth of the original package, and which may be readily lifted .to permit inspection and access to the contents of the original package while at the same time affording a protection against dust, etc.;' a means to retain moisture, and 'a means to prominently display such trade-mark or advertisingmatter as may be displayedupon the top or outer face of thelid 17. The flaring section 23 of the band 21 provides for a relatively close joint or fit ofithe band 21 upon the edge of the band 15, and at the same time a joint which is .not liable to catch or accidentally prevent lifting of the band 21 away from the band 15 to give access to the contents of the original package.

In order to avoid injury to glass or varnished surfaces on which the original packages :may be mounted for display I preferably provide sheet metal projections 3O and.31 at thelower extremities of the support 18, over which projections are drawn short sections of rubber tubing or similar annular bands of soft yielding material 32 to form yielding pads at the points of contact between the support 18 and any object upon which it may be supported.

An voutwardly :projecting annular bead )33may be'pr'ovided'near themouth of th'e is capable of :considerable within the scope of-the claims without departing from the spirit of=my invention.

original package ato limit :the telescopic movement of the lid 117 or band 15 overthe mouth of the original package. An inwardly turned annular bead 3 1 is preferably provided in theibandvl5 to ilimit-the extent to "which :said band :15 will 1teles'cope over the mouth of the original package.

The raw-edgesat-each end'o'f-the band 15are preferably turned inwardly to provide smooth finished edgesfor the'band '15. The raw ledgesrat each end of the band 21 are --alsolpre'ferably "turned inwardly for a like purpose. port 18 are adaptedto be-successively detached from one original packa e andappliedto another "as the contents of The bands 15 and21 and the supeach package become's exhausted.

The apparatusherein shown and described modification What .1 claim is 1. A display 1 and :vendingapparatus comprising in combination with a sheet-metal original package, a sheet metal -member '2. A-di'splay and vending apparatus comprising in combination 'with'a sheet metal original package, -a sheet metal member ada'p'te d to telescopically, detachably en- "gage'the mouth o'f said original package in place" of j its "original sheet metal lid, a sup- "p'ortin-gmembercarried by 'said sheet metal member and adapted to support said originaltpakage and said: sheetmetal: member in an inclined position, and a 'lid having a flaring-sha'pedrim hinged to one edge of said sheet -metal member and adapted to open and close the mouth of said original package.

3. A display and vending'apparatuscomprising 'in combination with-asheet metal original package .and the sheet metal lid of said original package, a first sheet metal band adapted to telescopically, detachably engage the mouth of said original package in place of itsoriginal sheet .metal .lid,-ea supporting member carried by said first band and adapted tosupport said original packageiand said first band inan inclined position, .and a second band hinged to said; first band and having a flaring-shaped sec .tion to iform a close joint with said .first band and a cylindrical section to beengaged telescopically v by the sheet metal lid (if-[said original package -to jointly constitute hinged lid to closethe'mouth of said original package.

4. Adisplayandvending apparatus com- ;prising in combinationwith asheetmetal original .package and .the sheet metal lid of .3: .said original package, a first sheet metal bandadapted to telescopically detachably engage the mouth of saidoriginal package in place of its original sheet metal lid, a

age and said first band in an inclined position, and a second band hinged to said first band and 'forming'a close joint'there thesheet metal lid of said original package to jointly withsaid second band constitute a hinged .lid for the open mouth of said original i box .lid.

5. A display and vending apparatus comprising 'in combination with a sheetmetal original package, an annular sheet metal .member adapted totelescopically'detachably .engage themouth of saidoriginal package in place of its original sheet metal .lid, .a

sheet -metal supporting member carried by saidannular sheet metal member and-adapt- "supporting member carried by said first band and adapted to support said original packwith,said-secondhand having a cylindricalv section to telescopicallydetachably engage original package displaying thelabel'on the ed .to support said original package and said annularsheet metal member m'an inclined position, and a-lid hlngedzto'theupper edge'of said annular sheet metal member and adapted to close the mouthofsaid original package by gravity.

In testimony whereof I have 'ailixed ,my in signature.

EDWARD BRUNHOFF. 

